Was Jesus Christ and Mohammed the same person. Is there any evidence either of them actually lived on earth?

Answer 1

Whoa, soooooo many presuppositions built into that question.

For a start, 'Jesus Christ' is not a name but a title, 'Christ' being an anglicisation of the Greek 'Christos' which means 'messiah' (which in turn comes from the Hebrew, Jesus being an Aramaic-speaking Jew, after all). 'Jesus', or something like it, was his given name, 'Christ' was therefore a title given him by those of his followers who thought he was the son of god - not all of them seem to have believed that he was. It's not clear whether he was ever addressed as 'Jesus Christ' in his own lifetime.

Historical evidence of Jesus? Some. The Roman historian Tacitus, in his 'Annals', refers to a sect he calls the 'Chrestiani' and adds, in a parenthesis, 'The source of the name was Christus, on whom, during the command of Tiberius, reprisal had been inflicted by the procurator Pontius Pilatus [...]'. The Jewish-turned-Roman historian Josephus, who was born just after Jesus is supposed to have died, wrote a book about the Jewish revolt called 'The Jewish War'. Some texts of it include garbled references to what appears to be Christianity.

So much for independent or hostile witnesses. Most of the evidence that Jesus lived consists of stories about his life compiled by his own followers. These are called gospels. Four of the original gospels, none of them written by anyone alive during his lifetime, made it into the Bible. The rest were rejected by the senior staff of the early Christian church who were deciding, a few hundred years after Jesus' death, which texts ought to be regarded as part of the Bible (and therefore 'official') and which shouldn't be. The ones that were rejected include all that juicy Da Vinci Code stuff about Jesus kissing Mary Magdalene, etc.

I can't speak about Mohammed because I know next to nothing about Islam (I'm an atheist, in case you were curious). Although since the prophet (peace be upon him and all that) is said to have been inspired to write down the Qur'an around AD 610, it does seem impossible that he and Jesus could have been the same person. Anyone who says they were is, you know, wrong.

Answer 2

Mohammed lived about 600 years or so after Jesus. They are not the same person nor the same idea. Jesus Christ is worshipped as the Son of God by Christians. Muslims say Mohammed is THE prophet sent by God.

Evidence of the existence of Christ is found in the Bible and other contemporary writings. Most Roman records of that time were destroyed so little outside records exist.

Answer 3

Mohammed was much later in history than Jesus, Mohammed is referred to by Muslims as the last prophet, this is why they put more credence on his ideas than on Jesus's. Mohammed's tomb is the Qabah in Mecca, that big rectangular thing with curtains draped over it, if he has a tomb then he must have existed. As for Jesus, he has no tomb and there has been a lot of speculation as to whether he existed at all or if maybe there were several people using the same name.

Answer 4

Read the Bible's new Testament. This will allow you to understand a vast array of the accounts of the life of Jesus Christ here in earth. I don't know too much about Mohammed.

Answer 5

Time in history is marked by BC or before Christ existence. There is more evidence than this. I’m sure people will display for you. Jesus never identified himself as Mohammed, so I wouldn’t assume they’re the same person.

Answer 6

The archetypal Jewish hero was Joshua (the successor of Moses) otherwise known as Yeshua ben Nun (‘Jesus of the fish’). Since the name Jesus (Yeshua or Yeshu in Hebrew, Ioshu in Greek, source of the English spelling) originally was a title (meaning ‘saviour’, derived from ‘Yahweh Saves’) probably every band in the Jewish resistance had its own hero figure sporting this moniker, among others.

Josephus, the first century Jewish historian mentions no fewer than nineteen different Yeshuas/Jesii, about half of them contemporaries of the supposed Christ! In his Antiquities, of the twenty-eight high priests who held office from the reign of Herod the Great to the fall of the Temple, no fewer than four bore the name Jesus: Jesus ben Phiabi, Jesus ben Sec, Jesus ben Damneus and Jesus ben Gamaliel. Even Saint Paul makes reference to a rival magician, preaching ‘another Jesus’ (2 Corinthians 11,4).
Not sure about Mohammed.

Answer 7

Read the Bible to find Jesus, Google for Apostates of Islam to read about Mohammed.

Answer 8

no, Jesus Christ is the son of God, i dont know about Mohammed

Answer 9

No, they are not the same. Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the God of Biblical Christians. The archaeological evidence for his existence is manifold. You can verify some of it for yourself at http://www.sonic.net/sentinel/rhjesus.html

Answer 10

no they werent. Jesus is the son of God. Mohammed is a poser. and i saw somethin in my history book about Jesus(my savior) and nothing about Mohammed. Even though there was a whole chapter on Islam. it never said anything about him actually living.

GO CHRISTIANS!!!!!! lol